1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., Note on verso continues: " ... she married first a Florentine, for wch. his father disenherited him, and being reduced, she maintained herself and husband by washing linnen ...", One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Bianca, Grand-Duchess, consort of Francesco I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1548-1587, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., Note on verso continues: " ... she married first a Florentine, for wch. his father disenherited him, and being reduced, she maintained herself and husband by washing linnen ...", One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Bianca, Grand-Duchess, consort of Francesco I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1548-1587, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
Christina of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany
Description:
1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
Christina of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany
Description:
1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
A collection of portraits, clippings, playbills, Horace Walpole's bookplate (State 1), miniatures and letters (now shelved separately), and a lock of hair (also shelved separately) all related to Horace Walpole and his villa Strawberry Hill; all bound or laid in a volume. A brief one page biography of Horace Walpole printed with the incorrect year of birth, ends: "He died a martyr to the gout March 2, 1797"-- "Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, born in the year 1716. The younger son of Sir Robert Walpole ...". Laid in prints include a view "North front of Strawberry-Hill / Barlow del. et sculp." Portraits include: Horatio Earl of Orford; Thos. Kirgate; Duchesse de Choiseul and Madame la Marquise du Deffand; Madame la Marquise du Deffand; Françoise Marguerite de Sevigné, Comtesse de Grignan; Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Mme. de Sévigné; Miss Berry; Mme. de Maintenon; Madme. de Maintenon, from the original in the Versailles Gallery; Mary Magdalen, wife of Horatio Lord Walpole; Horatio Lord Walpole from an original by Vanloo at Strawberry Hill; Honble. Anne Damer from an original in the possession of the Right Honble. Genl. Conway; Field Marshall Conway; The Honble. Horace Walpole from a picture by Eckardt in the Collection at Strawberry Hill; Horace Walpole and Miss Walpole, two minatures by Zincke. Also mounted or laid in are the bookplates of Mrs. Damer and Horace Walpole. Two theatre programs, one dated November 1800, for a performance of The old Maid and Intriguing Chambermaid and the other dated November 1801 for a performance of Fashionable friends and Lover's quarrels and Also laid in where a lock of Mme de Maintenon's hair had been fixed (now removed): a letter in Paget Toynbee's hand describing Horace Walpole's two accounts of how he came to possession of a letter of Madame de Maintenon
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill rarities
Description:
Title stamped in gilt-lettering on front cover., Bound in brown morocco with gold tooling by Riviere & Son; stamped on inside front cover., With a list of items removed and shelved separately; other notes written on the pages indicate what other items were removed and where they were filed at the time of dispersal., and Digitized pages with materials, skipping blank pages. Manuscripts removed and now filed in LWL MSS 36. For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)